Japanese urban legends serve as barometers of societal anxiety, often manifesting in specific archetypes tied to liminal spaces. This paper contrasts two prominent figures from modern Japanese folklore: Toilet no Hanako-san (Hanako of the Toilet), a classic school ghost, and Kukkyou Taimashi (The Beggar Exorcist), a contemporary internet-born entity. While Hanako-san represents an immanent, localized fear rooted in childhood vulnerability and the abject nature of sanitation, Kukkyou Taimashi embodies a transactional, interventionist form of horror that reflects anxieties about social contamination and spiritual authority in the digital age. Through structural analysis of their narratives, ritualistic encounters, and cultural functions, this paper argues that Hanako-san is a figure of internalized dread , whereas Kukkyou Taimashi is a figure of externalized counter-fear .
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